Festival No. 0000023 · Est. 2003
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- Summer Sonic Festival
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- QVC Marine Field & Makuhari Messe
- City
- Tokyo, Japan
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About the artists
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5 Seconds of Summer formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2011. Plays pop, pop punk, pop rock, power pop, teen pop. -
Above & Beyond formed in 2000. Plays ambient, ambient trance, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, downtempo.
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Axwell Λ Ingrosso formed in 2014. Plays electro house, house, progressive house.
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BABYMETAL formed in Tokyo, Japan, on 28 November 2010. Plays alternative metal, heavy metal, industrial metal, j-pop, j-rock, kawaii metal, metal, metalcore.
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Band-Maid formed in Tokyo, Japan, in July 2013. Plays hard rock, j-rock, power pop, rock.
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Big Gigantic formed in Boulder, United States, on 31 August 2007. Plays dance, electronic.
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Black Eyed Peas formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1995. Plays dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop, pop rap, west coast hip hop.
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Blood Orange was born in Ilford, United Kingdom, on 23 December 1985. Plays baroque pop, country, folk, funk, indie pop, post-hardcore, singer-songwriter, soul.
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BLUE ENCOUNT formed in 2004. Plays j-pop, pop punk, pop rock.
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BRADIO formed in 2010. Plays funk rock, j-rock.
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Breathe Carolina formed in Denver, United States, in 2007. Plays bass house, crunkcore, dance, dubstep, edm, electronic, electronic rock, electropop.
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Calvin Harris was born in Dumfries, United Kingdom, on 17 January 1984. Plays club, complextro, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, edm, electro house.
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Charli XCX was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom, on 2 August 1992. Plays bubblegum bass, bubblegum pop, dance-pop, deconstructed club, electro, electroclash, electronic, electropop.
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Circa Waves formed in Liverpool, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, new wave, pop.
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Communions formed in 2013.
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DAY6 formed in Seoul, Korea, Republic Of, in September 2015. Plays k-pop, pop rock, rock.
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Daya was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 24 October 1998. Plays electropop, pop.
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Declan McKenna was born in Enfield, United Kingdom, on 24 December 1998. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Dua Lipa was born in London, United Kingdom, on 22 August 1995. Plays alternative pop, boogie, contemporary r&b, dance-pop, dream pop, electropop, europop, funktronica.
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EGO-WRAPPIN' formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1996.
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Foo Fighters formed in Seattle, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, indie rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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G-Eazy was born in Oakland, United States, on 24 May 1989. Plays hip hop, trap.
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Good Charlotte formed in Waldorf, United States, in 1996. Plays pop punk, post-grunge, punk, punk rock.
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Hey Violet formed on 8 February 2015, and split up on 31 May 2024, after 9 years.
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High Tyde formed on 28 December 2011.
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HONNE formed in Bow, United Kingdom, in 2014.
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hyukoh formed in Seoul, Korea, Republic Of, in May 2014. Plays hip hop, r&b.
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Jasmine Thompson was born on 8 November 2000. Plays dance-pop, pop, r&b, teen pop.
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José James was born in Minneapolis, United States, on 20 January 1978. Plays jazz.
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Juana Molina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 1 October 1962. Plays ambient pop, experimental rock, folktronica, freak folk, indie pop, latin.
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Justice formed in Paris, France, in 2003. Plays dance, electro, electro house, electro-disco, electronic, french electro, french house, house.
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Kasabian formed in Leicester, United Kingdom, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, dance-punk, indie rock, indietronica, neo-psychedelia, new rave, rock.
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Ke$ha was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 1 March 1987. Plays crunkcore, dance-pop, electronic, europop, indie pop, pop rock.
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Kehlani was born in Oakland, United States, on 24 April 1995. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, neo soul, pop, r&b.
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Kero Kero Bonito formed in Bromley, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays bubblegum pop, electropop, indie pop, j-pop, pop, pop rap, synth-pop.
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Kungs was born in Aix-En-Provence, France, on 17 December 1996. Plays deep house, edm, house, tropical house.
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LANY formed in Nashville, United States, in 2014. Plays indie pop.
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Man With a Mission formed in Tokyo, Japan, on 7 March 2010. Plays j-rock.
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Miwa was born in Hayama, Japan, on 15 June 1990. Plays j-pop, singer-songwriter.
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New Found Glory formed in Coral Springs, United States, in 1997. Plays easycore, emo pop, pop punk, punk, rock.
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OLDCODEX formed in Tokyo, Japan, in 2009, and split up on 31 May 2022, after 13 years.
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Pennywise formed in Hermosa Beach, United States, in 1988. Plays melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock, rock, skate punk.
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Phoenix formed in Versailles, France, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Pond formed in Perth, Australia, in 2008. Plays glam rock, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock, synth-pop.
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Rick Astley was born in Newton-Le-Willows, United Kingdom, on 6 February 1966. Plays blue-eyed soul, dance-pop, pop.
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Royal Blood formed in Worthing, United Kingdom, in January 2013. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, hard rock, indie rock, punk blues, stoner rock.
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St. Vincent was born in Tulsa, United States, on 28 September 1982. Plays art pop, electronic, indie pop, indie rock, rock.
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Suchmos formed in 2013. Plays acid jazz.
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Sum 41 formed in Ajax, Canada, in 1996, and split up in 2025, after 29 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, melodic hardcore, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, skate punk.
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Sundara Karma formed in 2011. Plays indie rock.
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SWMRS formed in Oakland, United States, in 2004.
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The Sam Willows formed in December 2011. Plays indie pop.
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The Struts formed in Derby, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock.
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TOTALFAT formed in 1999.
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Tuxedo formed in 2006.
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UVERworld formed in Kusatsu, Japan, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, industrial rock, noise rock, pop rock, rap rock.
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Vamps (JPN) formed in 2008. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, j-rock.
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Whitney formed in 2015. Plays indie rock.
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You Me At Six formed in Weybridge, United Kingdom, in August 2005, and split up on 4 April 2025, after 19 years. Plays alternative rock, emo pop, hard rock, pop punk, pop rock, rock.
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Zara Larsson was born in Solna municipality, Sweden, on 16 December 1997. Plays alternative pop, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, electropop, hip hop, pop.